finisher

1. (dated) The person who applies the gilding and decoration in bookbinding.Examples: "If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher."dated

2. (construction) A construction machine used to smooth a newly constructed road surface.

3. (boxing) The blow that ends a fight; the knock-out blow.Examples: "A thundering right to the head bent him back over the ropes, and then, just as I was setting myself for the finisher, I felt somebody jerking my pants leg […]"

4. (video games, informal, professional wrestling) A finishing move.Examples: "Tie Up Fallaway Slam (Finisher)"; "Shadow Kick (OO+O) is best used as a punishing move and a combo finisher."informal

5. (sports) A player who scores points for their team.Examples: "After suffering a broken leg in a challenge from Stoke's Ryan Shawcross in 2010, the goal allowed Ramsey to put a positive slant on this fixture and show how he is evolving into a composed finisher."; "As such, when Doncic was on the court, Brunson was a secondary facilitator and more of a finisher than a creator."Synonyms: scorer

6. (rugby) A substitute player who plays at the end of the game.Examples: "[Eddie] Jones has used his bench as finishers and repeated last year’s ploy that helped overcome France when he brought on Ben Te’o for [George] Ford. [Dylan] Hartley and [Mike] Brown had already gone off, along with [Nathan] Hughes, whose replacement Sam Underhill was making an impact at the breakdown when he was sent to the sin-bin for a no-arms tackle on Barclay."